Democracy is for People
We the people of the United States support the proposed constitutional amendment authored by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision that undermined the very concept of campaign finance laws by asserting that corporations and wealthy individuals can spend unlimited money in our elections.
Why is this important?
The right to vote in public elections belongs only to natural persons as citizens of the United States, so shall the ability to make contributions and expenditures to influence the outcomes of public elections belong only to natural persons. A proposed constitutional amendment authored by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) is needed to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision that undermined the very concept of campaign finance laws by asserting that corporations and wealthy individuals can spend unlimited money in our elections. This limitless spending in our elections by corporations threatens our democracy by undermining political equality and diminishing the accountability of our leaders to voters.
